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UPDATE | Presidential election heads to runoff as diaspora voters decry voting barriers Elections’26 | One of the most presidential contests in decades Book | Luso-Orientalism(s) On Imagined Projections And Ruins | By Maria do Carmo Piçarra Community | Entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique Update | Released transcript of videos by suspect Claudio Valente in Brown University shooting and the killing of Professor Nuno Loureiro
 

UPDATE | Presidential election heads to runoff as diaspora voters decry voting barriers – Portugal

Portugal’s presidential election, held on January 18, concluded without a decisive winner, sending the country to a runoff election on February 8, 2026, following one of the most polarized presidential contests since the return of democracy.  According to the official provisional results, the socialist left-center candidate, António José Seguro, led the first round with 31.1% […]

Elections’26 | One of the most presidential contests in decades – Portugal

Portugal will hold its next presidential election on  Sunday, January 18, 2026, with a possible runoff scheduled for February 8, 2026, if no candidate secures a majority. In what analysts describe as one of the most unpredictable presidential contests in decades, the presidential election is expected to be closely watched both domestically and internationally as […]

Book | Luso-Orientalism(s) On Imagined Projections And Ruins | By Maria do Carmo Piçarra – Editor’s Note

This book aims to explore the multiple ways in which Portuguese colonialism in former “Portuguese Asia” has been imagined. It focuses primarily on how Estado Novo (1933–1974), the longest-running European dictatorship, “imagined” these territories and peoples. Images played a pivotal role in the exercise of colonial power, propagating established ideas and portraying a colonial reality […]

Community | Entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique – Portugal

Portuguese-American entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira, known as a world leader in organic sweet-potato farming, has been awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, one of Portugal’s highest civilian honors.,  The decoration, in recognition of his accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the promotion of Portuguese culture, values, and excellence abroad, was conferred by the […]

Update | Released transcript of videos by suspect Claudio Valente in Brown University shooting and the killing of Professor Nuno Loureiro – Providence, RI

In a new development, US authorities have released the official transcript of a series of videos recorded by suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente in the ongoing investigation into the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of Nuno Loureiro, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The videos, originally recorded in Portuguese, were translated […]

Book | Football and Fascism | By Rahul Kumar – Editor’s Note

06 June 2023

Football and Fascism. The Politics of Popular Culture in Portugal tells the hidden history of football and discusses its political, social and cultural foundations, during the longest running authoritarian regime in Europe. Theoretically grounded on Bourdieu’s field theory, and using a multi-scalar methodology, this award-winning research explores the political tensions between the nationalization of sports […]

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Travel: United Airlines resumes flights to Ponta Delgada – Azores

06 June 2023

United Airlines announced that starting June 6, it is resuming its seasonal route between Ponta Delgada Airport in the Azores and Newark Liberty/New York International Airport in the United States of America. The flights are scheduled to operate until September 27, 2023. This route will complement United’s existing connections in Portugal, including the year-round daily […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Portugal, Travel, World

Opinion | The Donald Trump dilema – by Len Port

05 June 2023

Most political leaders across Europe must be horrified at the notion that Donald Trump may be re-elected President of the United States. The main concerns in Portugal are about Trump’s denial of global warming and his criticism of NATO countries. This could cause more climate, military and economic insecurity. The election is still more than […]

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Honor: Maria João Pires recipient of prestigious award – Chicago, IL

02 June 2023

The Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University has awarded Maria João Pires the $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance. Established in 2005, the biennial Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance honors pianists who have achieved the highest levels of national and international recognition. Previous winners include Richard Goode (2006), Stephen Hough (2008), […]

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First Lady: Jill Biden to visit Lisbon – Portugal

02 June 2023

The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, is scheduled to visit Lisbon on June 5th to attend the opening of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Art in Embassies program, organized by the US Embassy in Portugal. During her time in Lisbon, Jill Biden will be present at the opening ceremony of a […]

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Posted in Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

May 29th: Azorean people celebrate pride and self-rule – Azores

28 May 2023

On May 29th, the people of the Azores celebrate “Azores Day” or “Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores” (Day of the Autonomous Region of the Azores). This public holiday, observed throughout the archipelago, is a commemoration of self-rule, identity, and pride, symbolizing the affirmation of the Azorean people’s unique culture, way of life, and regional […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Pico